Tag Archives: network drafting

ocean sunset II

By Tien Chiu | Published: September 2, 2009
This shawl is created using a knitted blank and a warp dyed in 29 colors. Knitted blanks are an interesting concept taught to me by Nancy Roberts of Machine Knitting to Dye For. You knit up a rectangular piece of fabric, dye it, and then unravel it and reuse the yarn. Using this technique you can get gradual color changes WITHOUT having to dye a zillion skeins, which is exactly what I did!
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black jewel

By Tien Chiu | Published: September 2, 2009
This is another shawl woven on the 2/28 silk warp, with colors that gradually transition from turquoise to fuchsia and back again. It is woven with a black cashmere weft and is SO soft and sensuous against the skin! It is one of my favorites, and I wear it often.
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Silk & cashmere jacket

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 28, 2009
This jacket was my first attempt at sewing my own handwoven fabric, and one of my very early attempts at design. I hand-dyed all the yarns in this jacket, and dyed the silk lining as well.
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garnet shawl

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 23, 2009
This shawl was one of my early attempts at network drafting. The inspiration for the garnet red weft came when I dyed some yarn for a Tibetan lama friend - she had requested an auburn-to-maroon shade, and I liked the resulting yarn so much that I dyed some more in the same color!
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goldenrod shawl

By Tien Chiu | Published: August 15, 2009
This shawl is network drafted on 16 shafts, and was woven on my Leclerc Diana. I love the color of the weft! deep gold is one of my favorite colors, and I carefully dyed the weft to bring up the gold in the silk as well.
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